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Thank you all, as always, from Pandy and me!
No Spikey in this part.. but be patient, we won’t upset you.. ;)

VIII (I)

Wine? How could have she mistaken that for wine? What kind of absurd spell did he cast to her to confuse her so bad?
As she sat at a table at ‘The Bronze’, Buffy thought about Spike’s deceive the night before.

< He’s a dirty worm!> she told herself, bringing to her lips the glass and tasting the cocktail Riley had just brought to her.

Riley? Oh god, she was so lost in her thoughts that she hadn’t even realized he was talking with her.. but about what?
She tried to listen to his last words, pretending to be interested.

“.. so finally the teacher kicked him off the classroom, insulting him!” Riley concluded, bursting into a huge laugh.
Buffy joined his hilarity, although she didn’t know what was so funny.. maybe if she had given him more attention she would have been amused for real.

He caressed her face.
“It’s so nice to see you laugh!” he said, looking at her, and the girl blushed, but not due to his compliment.

She didn’t want to be there, she would have liked to give vent to her rage in a cemetery, pummelling some demons.
Plus, she couldn’t stand all his attentions that night.. only that night?

All her thoughts were about a certain vampire and his deceive.
She didn’t desired Spike, she just wanted to kick and punch him until she would have turned him into a red mask!

< What he did to me.. he was mean. I’ve got a boyfriend, a human being who can give me the island of normality I’m looking for. I can’t keep betraying him.. oh God, I’m betraying Riley! No, Spike and I just kissed, we have never make love… I mean SEX! Although he bit me.. and I did the same.. Well, this is not exactly betray.. is this?>

She felt her cheeks getting hot once again, as Riley stared curiously at her.
“Buffy, are you on this planet tonight?” he wondered in concern.

< Stop getting lost in thoughts!> she summoned herself, and then she smiled at her normal boyfriend.

“Please, Riley, forgive me..”
“You look so distant..” he said worried, looking for her hand. “Is there something that annoys you?” he asked, as Buffy retrieved her hand from his as quickly as she could.
“No, no.. nothing serious. Actually, I’m worried for my coming soon exams..” she justified, adding another lie to the mountain of all the ones she had already said in those last three days. “You know, the last patrols had been so stressful, so they have worn me out, stealing energy and time for my study..”

He nodded, but this time he didn’t let her hands escape form his, tightening his grip.
“I will help you, baby.. both with the study.. and with the relax..” he concluded, trying to show her the look of the big seducer… but unsuccessfully!

< And now, what does he think he can do?> Buffy wondered, making a huge effort to smile back at the boy.

< Just the thought of his hands touching me makes me sick.. but why am I so exaggerated? There has always been a perfect understanding between Riley and me, why now..>

She didn’t manage to end that thought, because another one took place in her mind.

< Spike! It’s all his fault. I’m so furious with him that all the rest doesn’t matter anymore! Hmm… * furious*?> she wondered.

She wasn’t sure that that was the proper word to describe her feelings about him.

< Avoid him. I must avoid him. That’s the solution! I won’t think about him, I won’t see him, I will keep my distance from him! I can’t kill him, he’s innocuous due to his chip, so it wouldn’t be fair doing such a thing.. Anyway, I haven’t seen him all day long. Good, Buffy, that’s a very good start!>

She smiled at herself due to her last thought, but Riley mistook that smile for her consent to his suggestions.
“So, what about going to my place?” he asked.

< Alarm, red alarm!>

Buffy’s eyes went wide open, because she was aware about what he was going to say, so she hurried to tell him anything just to stop him.
“Thirst!”
“Uh?”
“Yeah, I’m thirsty, why don’t you bring me something to drink?” she asked.
Riley pointed at her glass.
“But you still have your cocktail!”
Buffy stared at the content.
“Yes, yes.. that’s right. But I feel like changing taste. Pretty Pleeeeaasseee..” she begged him with dreamy eyes.

(end I)





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